We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.

A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence allows it to preserve a milky density unknown even by clouds.... my cheeks recalled the effects of its profound caress.

What does art do for us? It gives shape to our emotions.

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.

Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education.